Then, NJ State Senator Edwin B. Forsythe presents Mrs. Barbee the Charter for the Burlington

County Chapter of Gold Star Wives.

December 25, 2017 at 6:24pm · Hilton Head Island, SC ·

For the past few weeks, we've honored powerful women on Mondays. This week, I’d like to f...

Everyone has re-purposed items at one time or another.

Here are some of my uses……

Paper cores from paper towels or toilet tissue.

            Paper towel core: cut into four mini-tubes…

            Toilet paper core: use as...

My Hacks,  Part One

Everyone has re-purposed items at one time or another.

Here are some of my uses……

The clear plastic covers, now cleaned, from frozen desserts….

        House plants…… I set the cover on the floor then set the plant in it….

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While working in the yard, I was noticing all the animals.

The squirrels were using their tails for parasols.

My Black Lab was hiding in his shadow to stay cool.

Mama cardinal was no place to be seen.  I could hear her chirping.

As usual Daddy cardinal was ignoring...

Let the truth be told, I'm a very organized coupon shopper.

I have a three ring notebook with plastic pages to hold my coupons. Shhh..... the plastic pages are baseball card holders. From the Dollar store I learned the hard way, I can get nine times as many pages as t...

Remember When, November, 1965

The best made plans fail. 

I was totally in love with the most fabulous man, a United States Marine.  He was aboard the
USS Wasp, based in Boston.  We called the ship the “astronaut catcher”.  Gemini Series.

No way had I b...

Thinking,  Auto Safety

I can drive the *devil* crazy when it comes to auto safety.  I've noticed the auto colors lately.  FEW have safety in mind. 

Where I reside is nicely wooded in many areas.  FEW of the autos on the roads have what I'd call safe colors. Th...

Actions.  Appearance.  Lying.  Stealing.  Words.  Writings.

When you were acting up, who saw you?  Whether or not you noticed the watchman, cameras

or people around, you were seen.  What were you doing?  Why would you be remembered

in court ca...

The best made plans fail.

I was totally in love with the most fabulous man, a United States Marine.  He was aboard the

USS Wasp, based in Boston.  We called the ship the “astronaut catcher”.  Gemini Series.

No way had I been looking for a life partner.  I was foot-...

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.

 Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impres...